AUCKLAND, Today: The Goat Farm and Spoon TV created a 30-second and 2 x 15-second tvcs for Staircase Financial Management, bringing the idea of “stepping up your retirement” to life.
Blunder Downunder
AUCKLAND, Today: State Insurance’s latest campaign – out of Colenso BBDO – delves into the biggest blunders made by New Zealanders.
PHD promotes Ivan Atkins to GM Digital
AUCKLAND, Today: PHD evolved its structure earlier this year with a number of new roles and the addition of James Davidson and Abby Parkin to its senior leadership team.
Lumo partners with Doohly AU for APAC CMS
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Lumo Digital Outdoor and Australian DOOH adtech startup Doohly have partnered in the development of a new, independent solution they say will help streamline the entire direct and programmatic DOOH buying experience.
Portrait of a Billsticker
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phan Mail, the weekly newsletter from Phantom Billstickers (“Glue in our hair for 40 years”) would like you to meet Helia Jafari, one of their project coordinators – a multi-skilled multi-tasker.
NZME & Sky in San Francisco for live SailGP broadcasts
AUCKLAND Thursday: Global sailing league SailGP has joined forces with Sky TV and NZME to bring its adrenaline-filled racing to more Kiwis.
Revealed: The three biggest lies ad agencies tell
SYDNEY, Thursday: In a guest post on B&T magazine, Ogilvy Australia chief strategy officer Ryan O’Connell argues what we probably all knew anyway – adland’s not always as trustworthy as it might pretend to be …
PHD taps 4
AUCKLAND, Today: PHD New Zealand has today announced it has appointed four senior team members into new agency roles.
Contagion celebrates senior hires
AUCKLAND, Today: Contagion founder/ceo Dean Taylor has announced the appointment of Oliver Maisey as ECD, and Rebecca Lloyd in the newly created position of GM of Contagion Media.
Waka Kotahi introduces Mixed Driving to Aotearoa
WELLINGTON, Wednesday: Three-quarters of New Zealand drivers who die in drug-related crashes don’t have just one substance in their system, according to a Waikato University study. They have a combination. Often prescription medication is one of them.